Black N Blue Boys / Broken Men
by Dael Orlandersmith

"…a relentlessly intense and deeply disturbing charting of the broad swath cut when adults abuse young men, whether they do so physically, sexually or through sheer, selfish neglect…The question of the night, really, is whether such victims are able to throw off those bruises of the body and soul and react to the world around them with functional kindness…these are very difficult topics to bring up in the theater, as in life, and there is only one way to do so, which is directly and honestly, letting the aesthetic, political, critical and box-office chips fall where they may. That is what Orlandersmith is doing, and it is gutsy, admirable and the only way to make such a piece work.” —Chicago Tribune. ”…extraordinary writing…[Orlandersmith's] efficient, carefully observed portraits are horrifying, pathetic, and dishearteningly familiar,“ —Chicago Reader. ”…a series of monologues that are riveting in their candor and devastating in their impact…Orlandersmith approaches her characters "

— Time Out Chicago